After the election day on Tuesday, ballots are still coming in for the United States Midterm elections. The results might change American history forever.
Election day has come and passed, but no clear winner is in sight. The Midterm elections are still not decided as of mid Wednesday, and final results might not be available for days or weeks.
Joe Biden and his Democratic Party is facing some of the tightest Midterms in US history. The Republican Party will likely gain the majority in the House of Representatives, but the Senate is still too close to call.
At the moment, the Democratic Party holds the majority in both chambers of Congress. In the House (or lower chamber), Democrats hold 220/435 seats, while in the Senate 50/100. Actually, in the Senate the Democrats have only 48 seats, but two more are reserved for the allied Independent Party. This means that the Senate is currently evenly split and Vice President Kamala Harris holds the tie-breaker vote. Being Harris a member of the Democratic Party, the Senate is technically in Democrats hands right now.
But things might change with the Midterm elections, and if the Republicans manage to win both chambers they will surely thwart Biden’s political power. Before the elections, President Biden gave a speech about electoral fairness and accused his predecessor Donald Trump of poisoning American democracy.
The future of the United States
In reality, the political debate in the United States is so polarized that democracy would be poisoned with or without Trump. His persistence, however, surely does not help. Recently, he announced that he might run for re-election in 2024 against Joe Biden.
This would make 2024 elections a reboot of the previous ones. A sign that something is not working properly within the American system.
And with rampant inflation and economic crisis, President Biden will have a hard time gaining support from Republicans. According to polls, inflation is the most important issue for Republicans, while abortion is for Democrats.
After the overturn of Roe v Wade by the Republican held Supreme Court, Joe Biden tried to establish a Constitutional right for abortion, without succeeding. And this would become almost impossible if the Republicans win even one of the Congress Chambers.
On the other hand, Joe Biden did little to fight inflation so far. Inflation has reached the highest peak in 40 years, and Fed slashes of interest rates are heading the US to an almost certain recession. Republicans are angry about price hikes, and they take on Biden for this.
So, the Midterm elections might result in a Republican victory but a loss for every American. The United States are more divided than ever, and it seems like conventional political instruments only exacerbate the situation.
